This should help point you in the right direction...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmencode/htm/codeexamples.asp

The way I was able to do it quickly was to first create the wmencoder object..because with VFP7 you can use intellesense as long as the object exists.

>Thanks for the suggestion. I'll get a camera and give the windows media SDK a shot first.
>
>Gary
>
>>You can always use the windows media encoder SDK to do it...
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/wm7/encoder.asp which is free and works quite well (I've done this exact thing myself this way) ...
>>Or you can get something like Capture Pro 2
>>http://www.pegasusimaging.com/capturepro.htm but it costs 200 bucks and using the WM Encoder SDK is not very complicated.
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I want to set up a camera to take pictures of employees within a VFP app. Does anybody have a recommendation as to a camera/software combo? Ideally, I'd like a COM object that controls the camera that I can instantiate in VFP. Also, does anyone make a USB camera that can be used for this? I'd like to avoid having to get a capture card if possible. Thanks.
>>>
>>>Gary